How to Buy 1 Day Car Cover
After wasting a Saturday ringing eight call centres just to drive a borrowed hatchback to a wedding, here is my blunt verdict on 1 day car insurance: it works, it is legal, and it can be cheap — provided you buy it before the keys change hands. Almost…
The Truth About 7 Day Car Insurance
Seven day car insurance is what I buy two or three times a year — a week of cover on one specific car, for one named driver, with nothing to cancel afterwards. After a decade of temporary policies for test drives, house moves and borrowed vans, my view…
Temporary Cover vs Parents Policy at 18
Why Temporary Cover Is Tough at 18 If you are 18 and trying to borrow a car for a weekend, here is the blunt answer: temporary car insurance for 18 year olds does exist, but only a small handful of specialists write it, and they will usually quote you…
Why Overseas Car Insurance Claims Get Rejected
I once watched a friend hand over £1,400 at a Malaga rental desk because he assumed short term car insurance for driving abroad came attached to his annual policy. It doesn’t. If your trip crosses a border, the only cover that reliably pays out is…
Is One Month Car Insurance Worth the Risk?
I finally solved my own 1 month car insurance problem with a $47 cancellation fee and three phone calls. Here is the blunt truth most agents will not volunteer: in the United States, almost nobody writes a standalone thirty-day policy, so the real…
How to Get Temporary Cover With a Conviction
I have spent more evenings than I would like trawling quotes for temporary car insurance for convicted drivers, and the honest headline is this: you can almost always get covered, but you will pay a risk premium that has nothing to do with the car. A…
How to Buy Short Term Car Insurance
I once burned an entire Saturday trying to borrow my brother’s van for a single weekend, and the thing that finally solved it was short term car insurance — not a favour, not a handshake, just a policy that started on Friday and expired on Monday…